Six minutes of news from around the nation.

President Donald Trump reported to share details of an Iran memorandum of understanding; the Trump administration hires new judges to speed deportations; Aging Wisconsinites push lawmakers to prioritize growing needs; PA urged to vaccinate to prevent spread of measles this summer.

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The Public News Service daily newscast for May the 29th, 2026.

I'm Mike Clifford.

Multiple sources report President Donald Trump circulated a draft of a peace agreement for the war in Iran among allies, including Israel.

That is, both sides try to prevent fresh breaches of the ceasefire.

The Guardian notes the draft Trump shared is not vastly different to the one that has been circulating across the Middle East for days under which the Strait of Hormuz would be opened to commercial shipping, the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports would be lifted, and Iran will be given access to as much as $12 billion in frozen assets.

Meantime, after posting a series of ads recruiting deportation judges, formerly called immigration judges, the Department of Justice announced new hires, but it did not mention hundreds of judges have been fired without cause.

Mimi Senkov served as a judge on the bench in New York, Colorado, and other states.

Such judgeships fall under the executive branch, which grants the Trump administration authority to remove them as part of its mass deportation and strict asylum goals.

Senkov says the unexplained firings have led to chaotic courtrooms, compounding case backlogs and prolonging legal limbo for migrants.

More than 200 immigration judges were gone in a single year.

Twelve courts lost more than half their judges.

Two courts have no judges at all.

It is fundamentally altering what the system can do.

The DOJ is offering new judges salaries of more than $200,000 per year.

I'm Roz Brown.

Critics of the firing say judges perceived as too lenient toward people seeking asylum were targeted for removal.

And major concerns about housing, health care, transportation, and social isolation are mounting for seniors across Wisconsin, and they're calling on lawmakers to act.

That's according to a grassroots coalition coined as the Senior Empowerment Project.

Members are hosting summits across the state to learn more about the biggest worries of older Wisconsinites.

Volunteer Marge Roggenbach says they're seeing a consistent theme across both urban and rural communities.

Many older adults lack the resources to age in place.

People would like to stay in their homes.

That's not always feasible.

We don't have enough staff for our nursing homes, so I don't know how we can possibly have enough staff that are helping people stay in their homes when they need help.

But it is a priority.

Wisconsin is facing a severe housing affordability and supply crisis, but Roganbach says people are also worried about being able to keep up with property taxes and maintenance for their homes.

The group is planning an event in Baraboo in July to advocate for funding and programs that address the needs of seniors.

I'm Judith Ruiz Branch reporting.

The Senior Empowerment Project works to provide educational outreach to make sure older Wisconsinites know about services and resources currently available to them.

People can learn more at senior-empowerment.org.

This is Public News Service.

As folks in Pennsylvania are urged to take precautions this summer against the rising threat of measles, 32 measles cases have been confirmed in the Keystone State amid a nationwide surge.

That's according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Candice DeMatteis, with Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease, says measles is the most infectious pathogen that humans come in contact with.

She says very high vaccination rates, around 95 percent or above, are recommended to prevent measles outbreaks.

She notes the Keystone State rate falls short of that threshold, raising concerns in some communities.

For example, in Pennsylvania, we're below 94 percent, That doesn't sound like that much, but that's also the state average.

So there are pockets that are well below that number.

Unfortunately, that leaves people vulnerable to measles, which is a very serious respiratory infection.

Danielle Smith reporting.

Next, immigration activists are renewing calls for Minnesota's governor and those wanting to succeed him to commit to sanctuary state status.

There's also a new national proposal to rethink how citizenship violations are to be handled.

These reform demands follow public scrutiny of the Trump administration's aggressive push to boost deportations.

The American Immigration Council says its new plan would restore credibility and humanity to ICE enforcement.

The council's Dara Lind says they don't want instances where a person without legal status who's been in the U.S. for a long time and has avoided trouble has their life upended.

Someone who has roots in the community, who everyone involved in the process agrees should be able to stay, but their hands are tied because there's only one penalty, and that's deportation.

The council says when detained by agents and sent to immigration court, these individuals should be offered alternative penalties like fines or community service.

I'm Mike Moen.

Finally, a bipartisan bill introduced in the Congress would create a national wildlife corridor system building on Florida's model to help panthers, bears, and other species survive.

According to wildlife advocates, the state's panthers need connected landscapes to survive, disperse, and maintain genetic diversity.

But roads and development have created deadly bottlenecks, with vehicle collisions remaining a leading cause of death.

Kelly Cox is a senior policy and planning specialist for defenders of wildlife.

She says for the Florida panther, this isn't an abstract debate.

Connectivity is not really a theoretical concept.

It's the difference between survival and extinction.

The Florida panther is a really clear example of why corridors matter.

Panthers need really large, connected landscapes to survive and disperse and maintain genetic diversity.

I'm Tramiel Gomes.

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